ISLAMABAD: Already shattered, the opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — has decided to part ways with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) and form a new alliance of five opposition parties having 27 members in the Senate.
The PDM also decided to serve notices to the PPP and the ANP for not attending the alliance meeting on Friday and violating its decision.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of senators of five opposition parties, minus the PPP and the ANP, according to a press release of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) issued by Marriyum Aurangzeb.
It is believed that the PDM decision will virtually split the movement and enhance the gulf between PPP-ANP and other opposition parties.
The PPP has already been accused of siding with the government and the ongoing tussle between the country’s two major opposition parties on the appointment of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as leader of the opposition in the Senate had already intensified. The PPP declared that it would not accept Shehbaz Sharif as the opposition leader in the National Assembly if Mr Gilani was not supported by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the upper house of parliament.
According to statement of Azam Nazir Tarar, the PML-N’s parliamentary leader in the Senate, five opposition parties have decided to form a new opposition alliance, as they have 27 senators in the upper house. These five parties are PML-N, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), National Party (NP) and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal).
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The PDM also decided to serve notices to the PPP and the ANP for not attending the alliance meeting on Friday and violating its decision.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of senators of five opposition parties, minus the PPP and the ANP, according to a press release of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) issued by Marriyum Aurangzeb.
It is believed that the PDM decision will virtually split the movement and enhance the gulf between PPP-ANP and other opposition parties.
The PPP has already been accused of siding with the government and the ongoing tussle between the country’s two major opposition parties on the appointment of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as leader of the opposition in the Senate had already intensified. The PPP declared that it would not accept Shehbaz Sharif as the opposition leader in the National Assembly if Mr Gilani was not supported by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the upper house of parliament.
According to statement of Azam Nazir Tarar, the PML-N’s parliamentary leader in the Senate, five opposition parties have decided to form a new opposition alliance, as they have 27 senators in the upper house. These five parties are PML-N, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), National Party (NP) and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal).
PDM splits as five parties to form new bloc
The opposition alliance has decided to part ways with the PPP and the ANP.
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